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NUMISMATIC THOUGHTS

By FRANK C. ROSS

Keep Them Rolling

Reports are that Canada is to
“corner” its nickels; that is, make
them dozen-sided instead of round.
They must have a good and sufficient
reason for so doing, but coin collec¬
tors will look upon the 12-sided coins
as a novelty rather than a neces¬
sity, a diversion rather than an im¬
provement. Coins by any other con¬
tour may be as spendable, but to
coin students they are not as regular.
With but very few exceptions coins
have been round since their incep¬
tion many centuries ago, and their
roundness is as fixed in our concep¬
tions as is the silvery dawn and the
golden sunset.

Round coins are certainly easier to
stack, snugger in the purse, handier
for coin-boards, and more accustomed
to our eyes. How can one “roll” in
wealth with many-sided money? It
would be bumpy riding with 12-sided
“cart-wheels.” It is to be hoped
Uncle Sam doesn’t break the centu¬
ries-old precedent, but that he keeps
his money round with enough around
to go around. Let’s keep our money
“rolling,” not lop-siding.

Wampumpeag

In the days before the handy bill¬
fold (is this one of the “whys” of
folding money?) paper money, if in
considerable amounts, was carried in
rolls, held intact by a rubber-band or
tied with a string. Thus a wealthy
man is one with a big roll (is this
one of the “whys” of rolling in
wealth?). Amounts too small to roll
were w T added. A well-to-do man is
one who had quite a wad.

Indians used wampum, beads made
from certain shells, for currency.
As their minting required expert
workmanship and as the demand was
most always greater than the supply,
wampum proved a very acceptable
currency. The beads, being small,
were inconvenient to handle and
easily lost, so for convenience and
safe keeping they were strung on
thongs! The strings of beads were

called wampumpeags, peags meaning
strung beads. Today’s man of means
was colonial day’s man of peags, to¬
day’s Big Shot a Long Peag. When
wampum is mentioned, one is wont to
say, “how odd,” and worse, “how
funny,” whereas he should say, “how
fine,” and better still “ how fortu¬
nate,” for, short of regular currency,
wampum enabled early colonists to
carry on business as usual. Wam¬
pum was not a freakish oddity but a
bona-fide stable currency, and it was
no play on words when one was
wished “health, peags and happi¬
ness.”

Champion of the Commemorative

Interest in our commemorative
coins has languished. The principal
excuse is they depict mostly events of
local interest. Oddly this complaint
was answered over a hundred years
ago by an article written in Vienna,
April 7, 1829; it must have been in
answer to the same complaints in
foreign lands of their commemora¬
tive coins. It said:

“It cannot be denied that the com¬
memorative coins of cities have not
the same charm as others. They
usually have stiff outlines, faulty de¬
signs, repetitions of well-known say¬
ings, doubtful chronography and un¬
important words occupying much
space. They relate to persons and
events of little importance, and these
unmistakable faults are the cause of
this branch of modern numismatics
being so little esteemed by lovers of
coins. However, a very different
view is afforded if they are regarded,
not for their artistic merit, but for
their historical value, as independent
towns have their annals as well as
great kingdoms. The causes of their
origin, their commerce, their pros¬
perity, and finally of their impover¬
ishment, are all corroborated on such
coins.

“When coins, hidden in the dust of
cities which have passed away many
years ago, as those of Sybaris, Thur-

ium, Terina, and others, are highly
prized, why should those of cities
whose glory we have seen depart al¬
most under our own eyes be less
worthy of notice? Not less inter¬
esting are the coins of those cities
where - a discovery has been made
which has a direct influence in en¬
larging our knowledge and occas-
sioned changes of which no trace was
found in ancient times, or of those
which were the birthplace of cele¬
brated men. Who sees a coin of old
and once justly proud Genoa without
thinking of Columbus? So also with
the periods which make a city es¬
pecially remarkable. Those medals
and coins of our day, issued at or
having a reference to Frejus or Pil-
nitz, are connected with a course of
thought which must interest every
one to whom the fate of mankind is
no empty speculation.”

Bring Home the Money

This war may be lessening the at¬
tendance at coin conventions and
meetings, as these gatherings are at¬
tended to a great extent by the more
active younger folks, but it is increas¬
ing the general interest in numis¬
matics, especially from a world-wide
standpoint. Our boys, both soldiers
and marines, who touch the “other
points,” will daily come into contact
and actual acquaintance with foreign
monies, regular and emergency, and
due to their numismatic slant will
bring back with them, for themselves
and friends, foreign coins aplenty.
With the depreciated foreign curren¬
cies a good American $5 bill will buy
a fairly representative set in each
country visited.

Precedented by the musket and sa¬
ber heirlooms of the Civil and Span¬
ish Wars, our boys in the first World
War specialized mostly on bringing
home like heavy stuff, such as hel¬
mets, guns, bayonets, etc. These took
up a lot of room and were heavy to
carry around, so the number brought
back by each boy was limited.
Thanks to the past 20 years’ publici¬
ty, most of our soldiers are coin-
minded, and the present “war-tour¬
ists” will play their hobby and re¬
turn with “oodles of money” for their
and their friends’ collections. They
will go in for money instead of the
heavy-ware.

Very little of the emergency money

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November, 1942

will get out of the countries through
u*ual trade channels. After the war,
emergency money being so plentiful,
and worthless, children will use it
to “play store” and grown-ups to
“light their cigars,” and even that
which survives will be creased and
wrinkled. It is to be hoped our boys
will buy it in heaps direct from the
printing press and bring it home in
the same fine condition that we hope
they themselves will be.

War Items —o—

The Midas touch. When the Jap¬
anese organize a puppet state in new¬
ly captured territory, “they declare
existing currency illegal and issue
new military currency which is used
to buy up goods and establish a rate
of exchange that gives Tokyo an ad¬
ditional profit.”

Lieut. Col. Warren J. Clear in the
Reader's Digest says: “There was
money to burn on Corregidor. I
mean that literally. Millions of dol¬
lars had been brought from Manila
and, to save it from the enemy, it had
to be destroyed. Great stacks and
armfuls of $5, $10 and $20 bills were
burned in bonfires to the intense in¬
terest and wonderment of the soldiers
standing by.”

U. S. COINS — ALL DIFFERENT DATES

H rents. 4 for $1.75; 0. $8.50.

Ijinte cents, 0 for $1.25: 10. $2.75: 20. $5 00- 30
$8.25; 49. $10.25.

Wilt© oents. 57 to 64. 0 different. Inc. 58 large
and small letters, $3.00.

Indian head cents. 10 for $1.25: 20. $2.25; 34. $3 25
Lincoln cents. 9 for 35c: 19. $1.25; (mint marked)!
Two cent pieces. 4 for 75c.

Three cent nickels, 0 for $1.50. Three cent sliver.
3 for $1.00. Nickels beforo 1884. 3 for $1.25.

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Any port in a storm; any money in
an emergency. Human beings are
used as money in this war, with oil
as their basis of value. A wireless
to the New York Times (April)
says Gen. Mihailovitch, Yugoslav
guerilla leader, has made a deal to
exchange Italian prisoner* for much
needed oil on the basis that one Ital¬
ian soldier is worth one can of gaso¬
line; one Italian officer, under the
rank of Colonel, four cans; a Colonel,
50 cans.

Miscellanea

As so many buried coins are dug
up, items along that line are interest¬
ing to coin collectors, and the points
of law as to “finders-keepers” are
useful. If this lawyer’s construing
of the law is correct and holds up in
court, then it behooves the timid souls
who bank their money under-earth to
do it shallow. In Kansas City two
men, while grading a lot, dug up a
glass jar containing about $1250.
The owner of the ground claims the
money, saying he had buried it for
safe-keeping. The two men who
found the money claim it as a treas¬
ure trove. Their lawyer maintains,
“Anything buried five inches under¬
ground belongs to the finder, under
court decisions.” The matter is now
in the courts and we will soon find
out whether to bury our money deep
or shallow.

Take any current coin, the nickel,
for instance. Look at the head of
Jefferson right side up; now look at
the other side, turning the coin side-
wise, and Monticello will be upside
down; but turning it topsy-turvy

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fashion Monticello will be right side
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and reverse of a bill are both right
side up, while with coins one side is
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five francs, to a total of several
thousands of francs.

The new coins, made of zinc, also
seem to be disappearing from circula¬
tion, it is said. In one year, the
quantity of money minted has
attained a record figure, about
150,000,000 coins, of a face value
of five, ten and 25 centimes, one
franc and five francs, having been
issued from the mint in Brus¬
sels. The average daily output
amounts to between 550,000 and
600,000 coins; but in spite of this
there is still a scarcity of small
change. —o—

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Black Brigade, accuses the Belgian
street-car conductors in the follow¬
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tram conductors are pro-British.
Perhaps they have become pro-British
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Recollections of an Old Collector

By THOMAS L. ELDER

Subscribers to Crosby’s
Work on Colonial Coins

About 1905 I had the honor and
pleasure of a call at my New York
office from the celebrated author,
Dr. Sylvester S. Crosby. He sold me
several copies of his book on the
cents and half-cents of 1793 at $2
per copy. The book is still the
standard work. It was in the year
1875 that he published the other
standard work, called “The Early
Coins of America.” It indeed rep¬
resented a monumental effort on his
part, taking years and much pain¬
staking work to complete. Various
historical and antiquarian societies
subscribed to it. The work came in
12 parts, each selling for $2 a copy.
Today many collectors lack this great
work with its hundreds of illustra¬
tions, folio size.

About 100 private collectors sub¬
scribed. Their names and addresses
appear in part 12. All of these o-
riginal subscribers have passed on,

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HALF DOLS. 1818-21. unc.. lustre, cadi_$ 1.50

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P* CENTS. 1795. thin flan., fine, rare __ 3.75

1797, 1798 Cents, fine, each _ 2.50

1806 Cent, P. to V. fine (Rare as 1793) IIII” 8^50

1809 Cent. V.O.. rare as 1793. each .. 5.00

1811 Cent, about fine, rare _ 4.50

1813 Cent, very fine, rare _ 3.50

Cent. unc,. red.' color original . 1.75

U- S. Half Cent, very fair. V. rare .. 4.50
1S09 U. 8 . Half Cent, same type as Cent. V.G. .40
Indian Head Cts.. 3 dlff. dates, red. lot I 00

Ind. Head Cents. 1881 and 1893, unc.. each .. .75

1867^Five Cts. Nickel, brilliant unc., scarce .1 .75

U. S. Half Drtne. my selection, unc., bright
each ..

1785 Conn. Cent, rare date, line _

1786-8 N.J. Cent, V. good, bold, each___

1849 Model Half Eagle, Calif., brass, lino_

English Model Coins, Crown, brass, V.P.
English Model Penny with insert, V.P.

Geo. II. King of America, Half J\. fine, each
1863 Civil War token with flying eagle, fine ..
Jas. 11 Gun Money Crown, king mtd.. fine, rare
U. S. Gold Dollar. 1854-5, small head. unc..

each _____

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Same. N.J. 1776, Six Pounds, red note. V.F.
1773 Pa. Twenty Shillings, mint state, unc.

1778 Congress Note $60. crisp like new _

1776 Delaware Ten Shillings, crisp, new. each
1776 Conn. Six Pence, large note. V.G., rare

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1856 Maryland $5. Valley llank. new. signed

1862 (A-orgia $10 Arms, crisp, new. ea.

C.S.A. Sept-61 $20. female & 20 V.F. .

1861 $50 Moneta. crisp ___

July 25-61 $20. ship crisp .

Hept. 2-61 $5 Memmlnger, Hkac, fine .

Name $10 Hunter, Memmlnger, lllack, fine __
Name $20 Stephens, green, neatly cancelled, ea.

Hamo 1861 $5 Machinist, good, rare_

Name |S, five females. S. Rk. N. Co., rare_

Mamn HO. 3 Indians, red, SBNCo.. rare _

"•***• $20. red. female, globe. V.R.

M*" " » 20 . green. 3 females, rare _

.. 110, July. $10. female, shield, fine_

Naum mcik $50. red. train of cars, rare _

Naum 1 nr. : f/o. Capitol, unc.. ea. _

1 Nrt.'i Georgia 1100. bust Gov. Brown, crisp
1 H »'(.»•' Currency. 3c, L. Curtain. Waah'n.

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perfect, each _

Name 5"-. Lincoln, perfect, each ...

Same flOo. Stanton, crtup, each ____

Postage and In*. Extra. No lists.

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1.25

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THOMAS L. ELDER

(Winter Address)
HENDERSONVILLE, N. CAR.

I believe. The last to go of those I
met personally (and some I knew
well) were: Benjamin Betts, Brook¬
lyn; H. C. Ezekiel, Cincinnati, Ohio;
Captain Jno. W. Hazeltine, Phila¬
delphia; Wm. Poillon, New York,
formerly curator of the American
Numismatic Society; Daniel Parish,
Jr., once president of the American
Numismatic Society; John Robinson
of Salem, Mass.; and finally Andrew
C. Zabriskie of New York, also for¬
merly president of the American
Numismatic Society.

I knew other contemporaries like
Hewitt and Levick, whose names do
not appear. Of the above, H. C.
Ezekiel was the last to pass on. He
had been a member of the Numismat¬
ic Society since around 1866. That
was indeed an early day in coin col¬
lecting. Mr. Ezekiel was greatly in¬
terested in the Civil War tokens of
Cincinnati, which presented quite a
field for him to work on.

There is a sad note when one thinks
of that long roster of the collectors
of 1875, of whom most likely all are
gone. Some of these men lived in
small places like Alfred, N. Y., Hoo-
sick Falls, N. Y., and Wabashaw,
Minn. Same thing, I suppose, would
apply to stamp collectors. Who
would remember Frank P. Vincent of
Chatham, N. Y., who flourished from
1875 to 1885? He advertised stamps
in those years.

French and Indian
War Medals, 1758-1759

Several rather distinguished medals
commemorating the British victories
over the French were struck off in
the years 1758 and 1759. I shall de¬
scribe one of 1758. It hears a very
good likeness, an aged bust of King
George II, to the left, with name and
title. The reverse has an allegory,
a lion drawing Britannia forward,
supported by Justice and Liberty.

The reverse takes interest because
the names of certain victorious com¬
manders and each battle is named.
They include “Senegal, May 2, Marsh
(name of commander); S. Malop,
June 16, Marlboro; Louisburg (in
America), July 27, Boscawen-Am-
herst; Frontenac, August 27, Brad-
street; Cherbourg, August 16, Howe;
Goree, December 29, Keppel; and Du-
quesne, November 24, Forbes.”

Admiral Keppel was, during the
Revolution, tried for misconduct in
a battle against the French. Forbes’
campaign against Fort Duquesne
(now Pittsburgh, Pa.) was one of
great interest to the writer, and he is
quite familiar with many of its
details. George Washington was
Forbes’ chief aide, and as Forbes lay

on a stretcher or litter sorely ill
during most of the arduous march
over the mountains toward Duquesne,
Washington assumed a leading com¬
mand. At Fort Ligonier, some 70
miles east of Duquesne, Washington
and his men were attacked in error
by his own men who mistook him for
French, and almost murdered him—
an incident which if it had not ended
well would have robbed us of our
commander-in-chief of the Revolution
and our first president.

There was a fierce battle near
Ligonier, but the French were re¬
pulsed. So methodical, was the slow
march of Forbes, erecting forts and
blockhouses as they progressed, that
the French burned the fort at their
approach and fled up and down the
Allegheny and Ohio Rivers; those
going northward went to Fort Le-
Boeuf, near Lake Erie; others went
further to Montreal. Those going
down the Ohio River fled to New Or¬
leans or southern French posts.
Never again did the flag of France
fly over that region.

Betts illustrates this interesting
medal on page 185, his number 416.
It comes in silver, copper and brass.
It would be better if a little more

TAPP’S BARGAINS

—SPECIAL BARGAIN COLLECTION—

U.S. Half Cent, over 100 years old.

U.S. 1-argo Cent, over 85 years old.

U.S. Flying Eagle Cent, over 80 years old.
U.S. Thick Nickel Cent, over 75 years old.
U.S. Civil War Token Cent. 1803.

U.S. Hard Time Token over 100 years old.
U.S. 2o piece, over 75 years old.

U.S. 3o Nickel piece, over 75 years old.

U.S. Silver Half-Dime, over 75 years old.
U.S. 5c 1883 "No Cents”, only year issued.
U.S. Dime, bust type, over 100 years old.

2 DifT. Genuine C.S.A. Notes.

15 DifT. Foreign Not-Geld Notes.

3 DifT. German High Value Notes.

25 DifT. Foreign coins. G. to Unc.

Genuine ancient Roman coin, over 1600

years old. and In good condition.

—$3.00 — ALL THE ABOVE ONLY — $3.00

FOREIGN SILVER DOLLARS

Belgium. 5 Franc 1868. Leopold II. fine ..$1.00

Brazil. 960 reis, 1819, globe, etc., fine . 1.05

Chile, peso, 1875, Condor, fine $1; V. lino .. 1.20

Ecuador. 1889, sucre, very good specimen_ .95

France. 5 Franc. 1824. Louis XVIII, fine .. 1.10

France. 5 F. 1850. head of Liberty, fine.95

France. 5 F., 1868, Napoleon III. fine. $1;

V.F. 1.10

France. 5 F.. 1873. Hercules, etc., flue .95

Guatemala, peso. 1805, Head Carrera, line .. 1.20

Guatemala, peso. 1872. Liberty seated, line .. 1.20

Hungary, crown. 1795. Francis II, V.G. _1.15

Hungary. 5 Krone. 1907, Francis Joseph, V.F. 1.10

Haiti. 1 Gourde, 1881. nice coin, fine .1.00

Mexico (Under Spain) 811. 1806. Chas. IIII.

V.G. . 85

Mexico (Under Spain) 8 IL 1821, Ford VII,

V.G. .85

Mexico, SIL 18S5. Eagle on Cactus, line _ .90

Mexico, peso, I860, Emp. Maximilian, fine .90

Mexico, peso. 1903, semi-proof, a beauty _1.05

Peru. 8 R. 1834, Uberty standing, V.G., S5c:

F. . 1.00

Peru. Sol, 1865. Lima mint, very fine _1.00

Peru. Sol. 1914, Liberty seated, unclr. _1.15

Panama, dollar, head Balboa, 1904. V. fine .95

Prussia, Victory Thaler, 1871, very fine .. .95

Spain. 5 pesetas, 1871, Amadeo I. V.G._ .85

Spain, 5 pes.. 1889. Alfonso XIII, Baby head.

Salvador, peso, 1891. Columbus, line _ 1.10

France. 5 F.. 1845, head Louis Philippe, line 1.00

U.S. Bust dollar, 1799. type of 1804. lino 4.95

ON ABOVE—ORDERS OVER $2.50 POSTPAID

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Postage and Insurance Extra

GAROLD W. TAPP

Greer, South Carolina

November, 1942

HOBBIES —The Magazine for Collectors

93

space were devoted in modern coin
sales catalogs to such medals, and
collectors would be better posted as
to their own history. Mere date
collecting tells us nothing about such
events which lead to the issuance of
this and the 1759 medals for Quebec,
Niagara, Crown Point, and other
events of great moment in our his¬
tory, which determined whether the
country would be French or English.

U. S. Three-Cent Silver Coins

The old habit of calling a three-
cent silver coin a “trime,” a habit
which has persisted for years, seems
without good reason. Low frequent¬
ly used this word in his description.
If ten cents is a dime, why it seems
trime should be 30 cents!

This, our smallest of all United
States silver coins, was first heard
of in 1850, when a pattern was is¬
sued bearing a Liberty Cap and the
value. At the time this must have
seemed like copying the Mexican and
South American coins, and the idea
was abandoned.

The total coinage of the regular is¬
sue was something like 38 million
pieces, and while, due to the coin’s
smallness, it could hardly have been
very popular, it was, of course, use¬
ful for small change, so that we have

Coin or Military Medal
Lists

SENT FREE ON REQUEST
Also Numismatic Books
ED. M. & KENNETH W. LEE

Numismatists tfc

623 Security Bldg., Glendale, Calif.

WANTED

Rare Coins, Medals and Paper Money
Will Buy, Sell or Exchange
1942 Handbook of all U. S. Coins
with Premium List. Contains mint
record and prices paid by dealers.
FULLY ILLUSTRATED, Stiff
cover. 126 pages, 65c Postpaid.

034

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COM M EMOR ATIVES
Uncirculated
Each

York, Wisconsin, Maryland. Texas.
Elgin. Sesqui., Monroe, Robinson.
Long Island, Columbian Exposition,
Cleveland, Arkansas, St. Mountain.

’36 Arkansas set .$3.00

’35 Texas set .$3.00

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FRANK CAUSEY WILSON

Dealer in Rare Coins

751 No. Dearborn St.
Chicago, Illinois

come across many pieces which are
badly worn. The year 1852 saw the
largest issue of the then current type,
18,663,500 pieces. Next came 1853
with 11,400,000; 1851 had 5,447,400.
In all other years the coinage never
reached a million per year, never any¬
thing approaching the banner years
of 1852 and 1863. New Orleans had
this coin in only one year, viz., in
1851, and then only 7,200 were
minted. Many of this issue got into
collections, but the coin is rare to¬
day.

There were two notable years of
very small coinage, viz., 1864, with
470 pieces, and 1873 with 600. Such
a meagre coinage should merit high-

INDIAN HEAD BARGAINS

Per 100, v. gd. to v. fine, special .$2.25

1864 bronze. 73. 74. 75. Rd.. ea. - .35

1864 bronze. 73. 74. 75. fine. ea. - .95

Set of Copper Nickel Cent*. 1859 thru '64.

Rd. or better - 1*75

1909-S, scarce, fine. $4.25: unc. -7.75

Have all dates Indian Heads and Large Cents In
stock. Your wants solicited. Monthly lists is¬
sued. Sample list free. Subscription. 35c per

year. nc

MAURICE GOULD. Box 73. Brighton, Mass.

FOX FEATURES

LINCOLN CENTS—CIRCULATED

1909-8 jrood 15c. v.R. 17c, fine 24c.

1909-8 VHB Rood to v.R. $1.79. fine $1.89.

1014-P need 69c. v.r. 89c. and fine $1.24.

1922 No D $1.24, traces of mint mark 65c.

1924-P Rood 10c. very pood 14c. fine 24c.

1931-P Rood 5c. v.r. 6 c. fine to v. fine 9c.

1931-S v. pood 15c. fine to very fine 19c.

Any other dato or mint mark 1909 thru 1920 Rood
4c. v.r. 5c, fine 10c.

Any other (late or mint mark 1921 thru 1941 very
pood 3c. fine to very fine 8c.

LINCOLN CENTS—BRIGHT UNC.

1909 VPB 14c. 19t7-P 33c. 1010 -V ?Oc.

1920-P ?4c. lOX'J-P 29c. 1*»°7-P 31.6.0.

100S-P 39r. 1926-n 85o. 19*0-8 *>4(\

1030-P or 8 es flc. 1931-S 4Je. 1932-P or P ea. 34c.
10.33-p 24c. 1«33-P 14c. 1934-P o r P rji. 7c.
103 .S-T* T> or S ea. 6e. 1936-P P or S ea. 5c.

1037-T* n or S ea. 4V,e. 1938 P P or S ea. 4c.

1920 -P P or S. ea. S^c, 1910-P P or S ea. 3c.

1941-P P or 8 ea. 2%c. 1942-P P or S ea. 2c.

NICKELS-GOOD TO VERY FINE

1913 Tv lie T P P or S pood to fine ea. 34c.

1913 Type I! P P or S Rood to fine ea. 65o.

1914 P or S 39c. 1914 P R. to v.R. 54c.

1915 thru 1919 any date or mint mark Rood to very
pood 16c. fine to very fine 26c.

1920 thru 1927 any date or mint mark pood to v.r.

14c. fine to very fine 24c.

1928 thru 1938 any date or mint mark very Rood
lflr. fine to verv fine 15c.

3 Legged Buffalo 55c.

MERCURY DIMES—GOOD TO VERY FINE

1916-P Rood to v.r. 74c. 1921-P or P 34c.

1926-8. 1930-8. 1931-P P or S each 24c.

1923- S. 1924-P or S. 1925-P or 8 each 19c.

Any other date or mint mark each 16c.

DIMES—BRIGHT UNC.

19°6-P $1.14. 1929-P or 1930-P ea. 34c.

1934-P 29c. 1935-P P or S each 26c.

1936-P P or 8 24c. 1937-P P or 8 22c.

1938- P P or S 24c. 1939-P P or 8 20 e.

1940- P J> or S 19c. 1941-P D or 8 18c.

1942-P P or 8 17c.

QUARTERSr—BRIGHT UNC.

1924- D $1.95. 1026-D or 1928-D 69c.

1934-P 49c. 1935-P or P 59c.

1936-P or 8 . 54c. 1937 -P or D 5te.

1939- P D or 8 49 o. 1910-P P or 8 48c,

1941- P D or 8 47c. 1942-P D or 8 46c.

MONTHLY special
S ilver Dollars—Brill. Unc.

1879-8 80-S 81-R. 90-8. 91-8. 97-S. 192L-S. 23-D.
23-S, 26-8. 27-8, 28-8, each $1.61. Any 10 for $14.41

FERRELL FOX

511 Fulton Avenue
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS sc

*A"fc» , owV.L®‘Aq< l1 "

CORRECTION

In the October iMue. there wae a typographical
error in the lilting of 1858 Small Cent*. The ad
should have read:

WANTED TO BUY

Will pay the following ca»h price* one or more of
each date:

1858 S. L.
1858 L. L.

Unc. Proof
$4.00 $10.00
2.50 15.00

LOUIS W. EVANS

1816 E. 75th St. Kan*a» City. Mo.

np

PROOF SETS

Bid

Ask

1936 proof set

$14.25

1937 proof set

4.75

$7.75

1938 proof set

4.00

1939 proof set

3.00

4.25

1940 proof set

2.25

3.25

1941 proof set

1.95

2.75

1942 proof set

1.75

2.50 early

one

STRONG BLACK COIN
BOXES

2x2x7, for your envelopes, 6 for
$1.00, postpaid.

2x2 envelopes, $1.50 per thousand,
postpaid.

FRENCH’S

20 State Street
Troy, N. Y.

DC

WE WANT TO BUY YOUK COIN
COLLECTION!

DOLLAR SPECIALS

7 Ijitrc cents, all different.

G 3c Nickel piece*, all different.

5 2c piece*. V.O.. ail different,

5 Mt dimes, all different.

1 Vi dollar. 110 to 120 year* old.

30 Indian head cent*, ail different.

35 Lincoln rent*. Mint Marked. Different,,
1909S, 10S. 118. 128. 138. 148. 15S. 21S.
26S. 318. ALL FOB ONLY $1.00.

Buffalo nickel* complete in Whitman Coin
folder*. V.G. to Fine only $10.00. Space limit*
our lilting*. If your want* are not listed mail
me your want list today. Your satisfaction guar¬
anteed. Orders under $3.00 add 10c extra, no

j. J. BROWN

1506 N. LaSalle St. - Chicago, Ill.

Foreign ooln. banknote and large Illustrated oola
catalogue FREE to approval aejrloe appUcanta for le

postage. Up to $20 CASH -

PAID FOR INDIAN
, HEAD CENTS. Buying
' list showing prices paid
10e. All dates wanted.

SPRINGFIELD.MA55

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November, 1942

I Buy

U-S. BONDS
AND STAMPS
| toda/

This display of rare coins was made at the H. P. Wasson & Company depart -
ment store, Indianapolis , by the Indianapolis Coin Club, to assist in the
sale of war stamps and bonds in conjunction with the showing of the
moving picture, “Eagle Squadron,” at one of the local theatres.

er prices than the coin brought for
70 years among collectors. Until
recent years, the 1873, usually proof,
sold for only about $3—entirely too
little in view of its rarity, certainly
much more rare than an 1856 eagle
cent. It speaks of the past un¬
popularity of such a tiny coin among
collectors, although the day of small
coins is already here. The next
rarest years were 1865 to 1872 in¬
clusive, with from 470 to 22,725 per
year. Omitting three years men¬

tioned here, the three-cent silver
coin should be considered among the
rarest in our entire series, for in all
those other years only about four mil¬
lion were issued.

“Time Brings
Many Changes”

According to the International
News Service, the war is causing the
West Coast's popular silver dollar to
lose its place. Slowly, it is pointed

out, the paper dollar bill is forcing
the heavy “cartwheels" from circu¬
lation. Two causes are set forth.

The heavy influx of East Coast
residents to Pacific Coast war indus¬
tries has brought a group that seems
to have an aversion to the weighty
silver dollar. When they get change
they demand paper money. The other
reason seems to be the soldier and
sailor; the sailor in particular, with
small pockets finds that paper money
is easier to stow away.

Money Talks

TTOKUM: “Why is it that the eagle,
the bison and the Indian are
shown on our coins, although they
are all practically extinct?" Jokum:
“I suppose it is to carry out the idea
of scarcity." — Ballinger (Times)
Ledger.

A most interesting religious coin
is the Cologne Taler, 1761, with por¬
traits of the Three Wise Men kneeling
around the Christ child on one side
of coin and St. Peter holding keys of
City on the other side.

Gleaned from Newsweek: “As a
practical joke, Richard Crockett of
Dublin, Va., recently handed a tourist
camp proprietor a $50 Confederate
bill and asked him to change it. The
prospective victim reached for a roll
of bills, peeled off three, and handed
Crockett two twenties and a ten in
Confederate money."

Indianapolis Coin Club with the Central States Numismatic Award plaque which was presented to the club for out
standing numismatic activities. Officers of the club are: S. G. Kasberg, treasurer; W. E. Pollard , vice president;
lM Riggs, president; R. B. Whitney, secretary; Wilkes T. Leland, assistant secretary; Ray Fiscus, curator and

Librarian; and Ray Gish, sergeant-at-arms.

November, 1942

HOBBIES —The Magazine for Collectors

95

Training in childhood usually lasts
through life. Many persons taught as
children to drop a penny in the Sun¬
day school collection, continue drop¬
ping only pennies when they be¬
come adults and go to church. —
Kansas City, Mo., Star.

Mississippi, in order to conserve
aluminum and brass for war pur¬
poses, is now making its tax tokens
of wood fiber. It is very probable
that other states will do likewise.

The figure seven (7) is and has
always been the world's most famous
numeral. It took seven days to create
the world; it takes seven days to make
a week; and our life is divided, ac¬
cording to Shakespeare, into seven
ages. If seven is your lucky omen,
try it out on your 1942 luck prophet-
ing. Place your 1942 proof set, or
your 1942 uncirculated coins, before
you on the table. If you are to have
a lucky numismatic year, the date
1942 can be seven-ed. If it can’t be
seven-ed, then watch your step. Write
down the year, 1942; underneath write
it in reverse, 2491; add them and you
have 4433. Under 4433 write its re¬
verse, 3344; add them and you will
have your good-luck sevens, four of
them.

WANTED TO BUY

Advertisers: December Issue starts run¬
ning on the press cn November 1; please
let us have your copy several days in
advance of that date, in order to complete
mechanical details prior to press date.

WANTED FOR CASH: Michigan obso¬
lete bank notes and scrip. — Harold L.
Bowen, 818 Lawrence Ave., Detroit,
Mich. 012753

PAPER MONEY issued in New Jersey
wanted—bank notes, scrip & Colonial.—
J. N. Spiro, 437 Lyons Ave., Newark,
N. J. apl2144

COINS OF ALL NATIONS, any metal
or rarity. Auction sales held regularly.
Catalogues free. Send your list of coins
for immediate attention. — Numismatic
Gallery, 42 East 60th Street, New York
City. aul2447

WANTED—Half Cents, Large Cents,
Indian Heads dated 1860 to 1878, 1908S,
1909S, Lincolns 1909S, 1914D; proofs 1936
to 1940, sets or single pieces.—Albert
Halbeck, 224-19 Edgwood Ave., Spring-
field Gardens, L. I. N. Y. ap6693

CONFEDERATES, also dollar notes of
Georgia and other states, also colonials
and broken bank bills; we buy and trade.
— National Exchange, 166 Jackson, Chi¬
cago, Ill. nl96

WILL PAY 40c each for 1914D Lincoln
cents. $1.35 for 1909S V.D.B.—Reynolds
Coins. Flint, Mich. jal2003

WILL BUY U.S.A. silver or gold coins
In any quantity. Send list or ship what
you have to dispose of. Sell now and
buy defense bonds. Mail auctions every
month.—Webb. Westminster Road, Ro¬
chester, N. Y. f6007

WANTED. HUNDREDS OF COINS,
Bills. Medals, etc. List highest prices
paid for stamp.—Bebee Coin Co.. 1180
East 63rd, Chicago, Ill. mh8633

COINS, all kinds, wanted for my col¬
lection. Stamp for reply.—Karl Stecher,
6501 Brennon Lane, Chevy Chase, Md.

J&12873

MEDALS, collections bought: Show
pieces, all nations, historic, Vigilantes,
Napoleana. Satirical, pulchritude, oddi¬
ties. musicians, arts, sciences, medical,
agriculture, adventurers, dogs, aviation.
Biblical, Papal, Renaissance. Reforma¬
tion. siege pieces, antique talers, plaques,
intaglios, seals, metal or porcelain. —
H. A. Rosenkranz, Story Bldg., Los
Angeles. Calif. _ au!2288

WANTED. Collections, accumulations,
collector’s duplicates of coins, paper
money and stamps. What have you?
Your list of material stating condition
and price desired will be appreciated.—
Reynolds Coins, Flint, Mich. mh!2036

WANTED TO BUY. Commemorative
Half Dollars; Large Cents; 2c and 3c
pieces; Fractional Currency; Broken
Bank Bills; C.S.A. Notes, etc. Circulated
or uncirculated. Highest prevailing cash
prices paid. Can use wholesale job lots.
—Tatham Coin Co., Springfield 10, Mass.
_ Jlyl2918

WANTED: Coins for my collection.

Write me before selling. — Chas. A.
McLean, 31 Grove St., Asheville, N. C.

mh6402

FOR SALE (Miscellaneous)

LARGE, SMALL and HALF CENTS.
Also other U. S. Coins. All at reasonable

§ rices.—Wm. Youngman, 1313 W. Russell
t.. Philadelphia, Pa. s!2077

LINCOLN CENTS. Need any?—Lean,
2621 Sixth Ave., Milwaukie, Ore. n6002

MEXICO — Seven different uncircu¬
lated coins, including peso, 75c.—Quivera
Specialties. Winfield, Kans. dl2024

M. R. BROWN, Numismatist. Dealer
in U. S. Coins. 629 S. W. 29th St., Okla¬
homa City, Okla.—Spot cash paid for
any choice material in the U. S. series.
Special—1927-D Br. Unc. Quarters—Roll
$38.00. Reference—Any bank in Okla¬
homa City. Jal20331

COMMEMORATIVE «/ 2 DOLLARS. All

dates and issues, in sets or single pieces.
Reasonable prices. Get my list.—W. E.
Surface, R. R. No. 6, Decatur, HI.

jlyl2578

SEND FOR FREE 60 PAGE ILLUS-
trated Coin Catalog. I have everything
in coins. I publish grand Sale Catalogs,
also the popular Coin Chronicle. All are
free to my customers. Write me whether
you want to buy or sell. It will pay you.
—B. Max Mehl, 451 Mehl Building, Fort
Worth, Texas. Largest coin firm in the
U. S. Established 42 years in the same
business; in the same place._d!25142

FOR SALE: $50.00 hexagon-shaped
Gold Piece. Will sell to highest bidder.
For details, write Mrs. R. J. Gough, 129
Adams Street, Louisville, Kentucky.

nlSll

PAPER MONEY — BANK NOTES —
Confederate Southern States and foreign
notes. List, 3c stamp.—Charles Klander,
521 Elm St., Cincinnati, O. d6004

OLD MONEY, oldest piece dated 1806,
also over ninety seven million in German
Marks, bank notes, and city bonds. If
interested advise and we will send list.—
C. E. Estabrook, Spring Port, Ind. Box
24. d6507

WANTED: — Correspond with coin
collectors, object, trade, buy, sell dupli¬
cates.—J. W. Bennett, Lacon. Ill. ja6082

SPECULATORS! INVESTORSI The
Indian Head Cent has practically disap¬
peared from circulation. We just pur¬
chased a lot that have been hoarded for
years. 100 for $2.50; 1000 for $16! Better
put away a few as they will never be
cheaper! Postage extra. — Tatham Coin
Co., Springfleld-10, Mass. S120671

FOR SALE: In sets — Indian Head
cents, Buffalo nickels, Standing Liberty
quarters. Send stamp for reply. — Wm.
F. Holmes, R.D. No. 1, McKees Rocks.
Pa. nlOOl

GOLD: 50 piaster piece, Egypt, 1807.
$3.50; Annamese, Fink pieces, quarter
each. — Schanzlin, Upland, Ind. nl54

COINS, Medals, Bills, Tokens. Catalog
6c—Vernon Lemley, Osborne, Kansas.

myl2053

LINCOLN CENTS: 09S. 24D. 31S, 15c;
10S, 11S & D, 12S & D. 13S & D. 14S,
15S D, 21S. 24S, 31, 31D. 32. 32D, 33,
33D, all 5c; 23S, 26S. 7c; 22D, 10c; 14D,
75c; 1909SVDB, $1.75; all others 2c.

Buffalo Nickels: 1913T1 set 3. 90c; 1913-
T2 set 3. $2.35; 1914 set 3. $1.25; 15-37
plain, 10c; 15S to 26S. 25c; 27S to 37S,
15c; 15D to 28D, 30c; 29D to 38D, 15c.
Mercury Dimes: 21, 21D, 31, 31S, 31D,
30S, 26S, all others 15c; no 16D. Morgan
Dimes: 1906 to 1916, any mint, 15c, ex¬
cept 060, 06S. 090. 09S, 09D, 08S. 10S,
11S, 12S, 13S, 15S, all 25c; 1892-1904 plain
15c, except 93. 94. 95, 96. 35c; 92S to 04S,
50c; no 94S; 920 to 030. 40c. Morgan
Quarters: 92S to 03S, 75c: 920 to 060, 75c;
92 to 16 plain, 40c; 07S, 090. 09S. 11D, 12S,
14S, all 76c; have no 01S, 96S. 13S; any
others, 40c. Indian Cents: 1880-1909. 6c;
no 08S. 09S. Liberty Nickels: 1890 to 1912,
15c; 1912S. 50c; 1912D, 20c. All prices
for this month only, subject to change.
All coins good or better. Stamps ac¬
cepted.—F. N. Bebout, 1233 State St.,
Santa Barbara, Calif. f60004

INVESTIGATE my prices on Cents,
Nickels. Dimes.—Frank Epps, Box 1066,
Charleston, W. Va. f6062

COINS FOR SALE. Your want lists
solicited. Prompt replies.—E. A. Parker,
406 Sutter St., San Francisco, Calif.

f6004

NORTH CAROLINA Confederate
States fractional currency “shin-plas¬
ters” whole and clean though 79 years
old. 5. 10, 25. 50 cents set for fifty cents.
Single bills fifteen cents each. Postage
extra. — A. W. Dunning, Box 574, Wil¬
mington. N. C. sl20331

WE MAY HAVE the coins you want.
Your want list appreciated in minor
coins up to Unc. dollars. — W. O. White,
419 S. Franklin. Watkins Glen. N. Y.

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SEND ME your want list for Quarters,
Dimes. Nickels, Cents. Large Cents. I
want to ‘‘Meet you by mail.”—William
H. Kenworthy, Waterville, Me. mh6084

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION:

Bright Uncirculated Commemorative
Half-Dollars. I offer you Postpaid, 5 dif¬
ferent. $5.00; 10 different, $10.00; and
really Special. 20 different for $20.00.
Coins are my selection, but satisfaction
is assured or payment promptly refunded.
Price list for stamp. Also, please remem¬
ber I am always in the market to buy
nice coins at highest cash prices. — Tolvo
Johnson, East Holden, Maine. ap60421

RARE, 1853 No Arrows Coins. “1861
Ga. Gold dollar; “Cents 1793-99. “South¬
ern Bills. Wants appreciated! Stamps
— Signor, Dover. Florida. nl091

SPECIAL: Closing out 1942 issue of
American catalog and standard premium
list. Formerly sold for 60c now 30c. —
Gem Coin Co., 1605 N. 25th, Boise, Idaho.

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SET OF JEFFERSON NICKELS, un¬
circulated. 1938 to 1942, 15 coins, $2.25;
1909-S VDB, $2.35: 1909-S, 26c; 1914-D.
$1.00; 1924-D. 1931-S, 20c ea.; 1910-S,

1911-S, 1912-S, 1913-S. 1914-S, 1915-S,

1923-S, 1924-S, 1926-S, Lincolns, 9 coins
95c; 1885 Nickels, $3.50; 100 Indian Head
Cents. $1.95; 1908-S, $1.00; 1931-S Nickels
25c; 1913-D & S Nickels, 75c ea. Com¬
memorative half dollars, large cents, 15c
ea. — Koch. 3049 Daytona Ave., Cincin¬
nati. O. mh65321

FOR SALE: Missouri Commemorative
half dollar, $10; Spanish Trail, $4.25r Isa¬
bella quarter, $2.25; 1800 — 1803 U. S.
dollars, each $4.50. W. H. Karr, Windsor.
Mo. nl521

MEXICAN PAPER BILLS: 5 different
crisp, 30 cents on cards, two 55c, Russian
Notes, 1—3—5—10 45c. — Hobby Club 214
Masonic Building, Minneapolis Minn.

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If you do not have
my latest
retail selling list,
why not send for it
NOW?

It is

FREE
for the asking.

SCARCE

S and D Mint

QUARTER AND HALF DOLLARS

at Honest-tO’Goodness Bargains!

DENVER MINT

QUARTERS and HALF-DOLLAR

1917 Denver Mint QUARTER, Type I. Variety without stars
on reverse. (Listed at $10.00 in uncirculated condition).
Extremely fine to practically unc. A real bargain at $3.85

1917 Denver Mint QUARTER, Type II. Variety with stars on
reverse. (Listed at $17.50 in uncirculated condition).
Extremely fine to practically unc. Another real bargain
at only .$4.85

1917 Denver Mint HALF-DOLLAR. Mint mark D. on reverse.
(Listed at $20.00 in uncirculated condition). Practically
uncirculated. Very special at only ...$9.25

SAN FRANCISCO MINT
QUARTER and HALF-DOLLARS

1917 S. Mint Quarter-Dollar. Type II. Variety with Mint mark
S. on reverse. (Listed at $10.00 in uncirculated.) Ex¬
tremely fine to practically unc . Only $3.85

1917 S. Mint Half-Dollar. Variety with mint mark S. on
reverse. (Listed at $10.00 for uncirculated.) Extremely
fine to practically uncirculated . $4.10

While these are not absolutely uncirculated coins, they are all
in choice condition and certainly are difficult to obtain in
brilliant uncirculated condition, so I feel that you would
be more than pleased to add one of these to your collec¬
tion, especially at the prices they are here offered.

B. MAX MEHL

NUMISMATIST

480 Mehl Building Fort Worth, Texas

Capital $250,000.00 Resources $500,000.00

Largest Rare Coin Establishment in America
Established 42 Years

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